Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
final
definitions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Oedipus | Mythical Greek god of ancient Thebes. A tragic Hero in Greek Mythology. Son of Laius and Jocasta. Jocasta is his wife. |
| Creon | Ruler of Thebes |
| Jocasta | Queen of Thebes, the wife of Lauis and Oedipus. Children are Eteocles, Antigone, and Polynecies |
| Antigone | Theban princesses, daughter of Oedipus. Siblings are Polynices, Eteocles, and Ismene |
| Tiresias | A mythological greek figure who was famous for his prophecies. He was a blind prophet of Apollo in Thebes |
| Ismene | In Greek mythology, Ismene is a Theban princess. She is the daughter and half-sister of Oedipus, king of Thebes, daughter and granddaughter of Jocasta, and sister of Antigone, Eteocles, and Polynices. |
| Chorus | The chorus in Classical Greek drama was a group of actors who described and commented upon the main action of a play with song, dance, and recitation. |
| Sheperd | The person who told Oedipus he was the one who found him in the mountain and was the one that helped him live |
| Corinth | A ancient city of Greece |
| Laios | The king of Thebes before Oedipus took over, married to Jocasta and Oedipus's father |
| Polybos | King of Cornith, adoptive father of Oedipus |
| Merope | The wife of king Polybus, adoptive mother of Oedipus |
| Theseus | king of Athens |
| Polynesices | the son of Oedipus and brother to Antigone |
| Ectoles | Brother of Antgone and son of Oedipus |
| Eurydice | Wife of Creon and mother of Hamion |
| The Furies | Justice seekers, they tortured sinners in the underworld |
| Nemisis | the inevitable punishment or cosmic payback for acts of hubris. |
| Dramatic Irony | when the audience understands more about a situation than some of the characters do |
| Situational Irony | when the outcome of a situation is contrary to or different from what is expected. |
| Verbal Irony | when what is said is the opposite of the literal meaning |
| Motif | A motif is any distinctive feature or idea that recurs across a story; often, it helps develop other narrative elements such as theme or mood. |
| Suppliant | A type of plea |
| Anagnorosis | the startling discovery that produces a change from ignorance to knowledge |
| Hubris | excessive pride |
| Hamartia | Aristotle says that the tragic hero should have a flaw and/or make some mistake (harmatia). |
| Allusion | An allusion is a reference that is made from well known from pop culture, books, or well known people. |
| Theme | the message of the selected passage |
| Tragic Hero | The protagonist should be renowned and prosperous, so his change of fortune can be from good to bad. |
| Oracle | a person (as a priestess of ancient Greece) through whom a god is believed to speak |
| Prophecy | a message that was given to somebody from a supernatural entity |
| Soothsayer | a person supposed to be able to foresee the future. |
| Logo | the argument itself; the reasoning the author uses; logical evidence |
| Ethos | How the author build trustworthiness and credibility |
| Pathos | words of passage an author uses to activate emotions |
| Tragedy | the downfall of a basically good person through some fatal error or misjudgment, producing suffering and insight on the part of the protagonist and arousing pity and fear on the part of the audience. |
| Catharsis | purging of emotions at the end of the story |
| Freytag's Pyramid | 1; incentive moment 2. rising action, peripetia 3. resolution |
| Peripetia | a rising action in a charactors story |
| Fate | the supposed force, principle, or power that predetermines events. |
| Tyranny | cruel and oppressive government or rule. |
| Capitalistic | a person who supports an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit. |
| Democratic | a person who supports a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives. |
| Socialistic | a person who supports a political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole. |
Created by:
user-1833750
Popular Literature sets